April 3, 7:00 pm in the Atrium
Late Bloomers: A Book About Young Women
Late Bloomers is a collection of short stories based on interviews the author conducted with girls and women about their lives. It was written to comfort those who have questioned identity, God, parents, and death; femininity, honesty and gender. The collection challenges convictions about what makes a young woman.
Kristy Hoffman has written for the Winnipeg Free Press and was a columnist for SANDBOX magazine. She is a journalism major in Creative Communications. She enjoys spending time in Israel and New York City.
$5.00 from every book will be donated to Osborne House, a shelter/safe place for women and children.
$5.00 from every book will be donated to Osborne House, a shelter/safe place for women and children.
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April 5, 7:00 pm in the Travel Alcove
Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front
Based on Andy’s experience of the projects he has arranged and participated in during the past ten years. One feature is a number of case studies of the process of identification of human remains dating from 1915 and 1916 exhumed in France.
Andrew Robertshaw is a noted military historian with extensive experience in battlefield research. He has authored many publications, in addition to conducting tours to regions of historical significance in Belgium and France. Andy has served as consultant lead historian to many television and radio broadcasts, and most recently as military consultant to Steve Spielberg’s epic, War Horse.
Presented in association with the Military Support Office (MSO), an administrative unit in the Extended Education Division of the University of Manitoba.
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April 8, 7:30 pm in Prairie Ink Restaurant
Small Works Gallery Opening: P is for a Prickly Porcupine
A is for a razzle-dazzle fox; B is for a busy, bossy magpie... Bridgman inks her whimsical Manitoba abcedary with a crow quill pen on watercolour paper. Once inked and coloured with pastels, the alphabet is scanned and a giclée print can be made.
Rae St. Clair Bridgman is on faculty at the University of Manitoba. She is also an author and illustrator of fantasy-adventure books for children (The Serpent’s Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx and Kingdom of Trolls). Rae is a founding member of the Winnipeg architectural firm Bridgman Collaborative Architecture.
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Stone Soup Story Café
April 12, 7:00 pm in the Atrium
A special presentation of Tales from Diane Wolkstein... 6 tales, 6 tellers, honouring the internationally famous storyteller, Diane Wolkstein, who died unexpectedly in February.
Phone 204-475-0483
(Toll-Free 1-800561-1833)
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